Drug resistance is an increasing problem in bacterial infections, but a new study may have uncovered a way to reinvigorate old antibiotics. Scientists have wrapped gold nanoparticles in molecules that ...

The discovery of antibiotics is one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. Before antibiotics, childbirth, a urinary tract infection, or a simple cut could lead to death from ...

There are many bacterial organisms, and they can live cooperatively, or they can battle one another. They are also capable of evolving. These microbes can easily share genetic material, produce ...

In the US, antibiotic innovation has been put on hold, and the last novel class that the FDA approved was in 1984, according to Wired. This is a growing concern for many, especially for patients who ...